Here is who is most likely to win their first Oscar at this year’s ceremony: Kieran Culkin is nominated for Best Supporting Actor for his performance in Jesse Eisenberg’s movie, “A Real Pain.” This is a first-ever Oscar nomination for Culkin and he will most likely take home the Academy Award.

The 97th Academy Awards have kicked off at the Dolby Theatre in Los Angeles and there have already been many “firsts” achieved in the show. “Emilia Pérez” leads the pack with 13 Oscar nominations, but “Wicked” and “The Brutalist” are close behind.

Jesse Eisenberg arrives at the Oscars on Sunday, March 2, 2025, at the Dolby Theatre in Los Angeles. (Photo by /Invision/AP)

Kieran Culkin took home the Oscar for Best Supporting Actor at the 2025 Academy Awards for his role as Benji Kaplan in Jesse Eisenberg's A Real Pain. In A Real Pain, Culkin and Eisenberg play an odd-couple cousin pairing on a trip around their grandmother's native Poland.

Stars including Ariana Grande, Cynthia Erivo, Jesse Eisenberg, Conan O'Brien and Edward Norton walk the red carpet at the 2025 Academy Awards.

The actors, who starred as frenemies Eduardo Saverin and Mark Zuckerberg, hugged and posed for photos together at the Vanity Fair Oscars after-party.Almost 15 years after the release of The Social Network,

Early Oscar winners included Kieran Culkin and “Anora” screenwriter Sean Baker. “Flow” beat “The Wild Robot” for best animated feature film while “In the Shadow of the Cypress” won for best animated short.

Andrew Garfield and Jesse Eisenberg reunited on the 2025 Vanity Fair Oscar Party red carpet nearly 15 years after starring in 'The Social Network'

"I am riding the coattails of her goodwill," Eisenberg said when accepting the best screenplay award on Saturday.